Seeing Politics Differently: A Brief Introduction to Political Sociology - Couverture souple

Stanbridge, Karen; Ramos, Howard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195437853 ISBN 13 : 9780195437850

Editeur : Oxford University Press, Canada, 2012

Synopsis

Engaging and innovative, Seeing Politics Differently: A Brief Introduction to Political Sociology provides students with a concise introduction to political sociology-the study of how power is distributed within society-with a particular focus on the Canadian context. Using a unique approach designed to help students to understand theory as it applies to familiar topics such as wealth, cultural status, and institutions, Seeing Politics Differently examines the way that power is created, maintained, and challenged not just within government but in schools, homes, workplaces, the community-even how we see others as well as ourselves. Offering an accessible discussion of key works and perspectives within the discipline, with reference to contemporary examples throughout, the authors make a persuasive case for the importance of cultivating the ability to critically assess who is permitted to hold power in our world, and on what basis.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Karen Stanbridge is associate professor of sociology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has completed works that explore the impact of national and international political institutions on British and French colonial policies, on British treatment of Catholics in Ireland and Quebec in the eighteenth century, and on the post-World War I Åland Islands secessionist movement.

Howard Ramos is the acting graduate coordinator and associate professor of sociology and social anthropology at Dalhousie University. He is a political sociologist who examines contemporary issues of social justice. He has published on Canadian Aboriginal mobilization, transnational human rights, immigration, and identity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Canada
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195437853
• ISBN 13: 9780195437850
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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